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Thousands of Kurds protest in Turkey over besieged Syrian town; one dead

October 7, 2014

ISTANBUL – A man died and dozens of people were wounded in demonstrations across Turkey on Tuesday, with Kurds demanding the government should do more to protect the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from Islamic State militants.

Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who burnt cars and tyres as they took to the streets mainly in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish

eastern and southeastern provinces, although clashes erupted in the nation’s biggest city, Istanbul, and the capital Ankara as well. A 25-year-old man died in Varto, a town in the eastern province of Mus, and six others were wounded in clashes between the riot police and demonstrators, local media reported. Curfews were imposed in districts of the border province Mardin and the eastern province of Van after intense protests.